Dylan and John review and react to comic book story arcs on a monthly basis. We review a mix of classic and modern story lines with insightful commentary and a bit of fun research thrown in. Come join us on our personal journey through some of the best and worst stories in comics.

Tuesday, May 17, 2016

John is joined by special guest Joe Preti from View From the Gutters to talk about one of his favorite Batman stories, Bruce Wayne: Murderer? We talk about police procedurals in general, the Bat Family's reactions, and the differences between Batman and Leslie Tompkin's approach to helping Gotham.

John and Joe are back with another Bat Books For Beginners episode. Please visit www.thebatmanuniverse.net and check out all the Batman news, comics reviews, and podcasts they have to offer.

Saturday, May 14, 2016

We are proud members of the West Coast Podvenger network. As a network, we have started a monthly roundtable podcast where one of our shows will pick a topic and we will all get together and discuss it. Our first episode's topic was chosen by the Fake Geek Girls. The hosts for this episode were: John, Tobiah and Joe from View From the Gutters, and Missy and Merri from the Fake Geek Girls.

Sunday, May 1, 2016

The Burning has taken over J'onn J'onzz's body and the Justice League must defeat this enemy and help J'onn regain control. We talk about the story, Martian Manhunter, our favorite Justice League lineup and more.

Talking points
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BAD THINGS
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Having the villain be sexist as shorthand for 'bad' (6:29)
Fernus is abusive to Scorch (9:20)

Plastic Man's humor is creepy (12:07)

Sense of space and time (18:52)

NEUTRAL
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How do you like this addition to Martian Manhunter's story (21:28)

GOOD
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Story (33:13)

OTHER
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Favorite Justice League lineup (38:44)

How does JL compare with our discussion last month about the place of Avengers teams? (45:11)